The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-17

crowd shouted, Shame The rush CT the crowd
was caaseo by the mounted police. Cousins
eaid, VIII no one please como with met Arters
| said. will The sergeant said. Take him IN
| TO custody
| ing from Whitehall. Some mounted police
rushed down the Strand to get to the other side
| of the square He heard Cousins say, 1T seems
to me that the police are trying to make riot
!. Five or six people turned their heads, and he
added, This is what they call q free country
The police then attempted to remove him. He
was afterwards taken into custody
MIR. Price, theatrical property-ma OF
St Martins Lane, said he had known Arters for
years as q respectable and quiet man. SIR James
Ineham: lis he an ardent patriot and politi-
cianP Witness, ooh, no.
Cousins said he could call witnesses to cnarac-
ter, and denied the charge.
'Sir James Ingham said he was quite satisfied
that the charge had been proved, and found
Cousins guilty of melting the crowd to breach
of the peace, and he was responsible for the in
jury to the sergeants hand. He must be i'm
prisoned for fourteen days. After the statement
by the witnesses the of Arrers was differ
emit and he was ordered to find sureties in f5
for his good behavior for six months"
The following day, Saturday, there is a sensi-
bic dlminution in the numbers of ''unem-
Dloyed" who assemble at Nelson's column, not
more than 500 venturing TO the risk of falling
into the hands of the police. and the usual red
flag ia nowhere to be seen. Many on-lookers,
however. have been attracted to the scene
amongst whom Sir Robert Peel is quickly rec
ognlzed: The speakers Of the previous day
being 'in durance vile" and the meeting not
having provided substitutes very little in the
way Of demonstration can be attempted. At q
quarter past small bodies of police enter the
square and the people dispense without coming
into collision with the constables some make
their way into Hyde Park and ventilate their
grievances beneath the Reformer's Tree. On
Sunday the most notable feature of the day,
in Trafalgar square, is the uncertain and vecil-
latine conduct Of the police. For time strong
bodies of constables move amid the crowd reit-
Grating their constant cry. Pass away~ 'Pass
along" "Move on move oni" till the square might
be said to resume its normal conditions. But this
appears to be somewhat beyond what the au-
thorities intend to venture and Superintendent
Bremen, who is in command OF the police under
Colonel Roberts, modsrates the ardor of his
satellites, and the crowd is no sooner dispersed
than IL IS allowed to reform again. Presently
there is q scuffle between a policeman and
deaf mute. who has failed to ''move on" at the
officers request, and the policeman gets his head
cut by the obstructing deficient Then follows
the usual arrest, the hooting, the shouting mob
angry at their comrades capture. then the GUS
tomary charge of the patrols and the dispersion
of the crowd, not, however before the deaf
has made frantic efforts to escape from his ig-
nominous position. and lad OF nineteen has
got himself into the clutches Of the servants of
the law, by a too vigorous seconding of the
said efforts
Presently some of the '1eadsrs" are seen max
ing rush for the column. brandishing black
flags the while.
Whereupon there is shout and general
stampede in the same direction. Two Of the
leaders climb up the stone-work, to be seized by
next minute Angry shouts are heard, but no
sooner are the men pulled down than they are
mp again, cheered on by the ''bravoes' of their
sympathizers. Down they come again, amidst
hootings and angry Kisses, and up again they
scramble to cheers and announcements not to
give in" Again the tactics of those in command
crowd before them which short time before
was permitted to gather. Fog a few minutes
there is the widest confusion; all that can be
distinguished is a mass of struggling people,
with the police kicking, striking, hustline,
pushing Then Superintendent Brennan cries
''S.eady, there" STEADY" Come back; come
back" The police leave off their violent diver
sions, and return to their former position.
The crowd. by this time numbering between
four and five thousand men. once more surges
round the column. Speaking commences in
these words: '.Now, then. L hope you will be
quiet and orderly" But the proceedings are
again interrupted by the action of the police.
Superintendent Bremen addresses the speaker
and says: ION Friday last speakers came here
and made of language calculated to promote
a breach OF the peace and to terroriZs the people.
Now. must tell you that il such language is
repeated to-day l have orders those
who utter it," These words are then repeated
from the column to the assembly BIZ the man
whose speech had been broken in upon. and he
adds that he hopes 40 one will give any pretext
to the authorities to dispense the gathering by
violence of word deed. In few minutes
George is again interrupted by the superiu-
tendent who wants the black flag taken down.
This is done, not without angry murmurs from
the crowd, that are promptly silenced by the
speaker advising that every possible concession
shall be made to the police, that breach of the
peace may be avoided. After discurslve
remarks, which yet again interrupted on
some trivial pretext. the following resolution is
put: THAT this meeting sympathize with the
unemployed agitation, and protests against the
interference with the right of public meeting
attempted by Sir Charles Warren" The reso-
luton is duly seconded and carried. George
then announces that the meeting is at end.
Nearly three hours have elapsed since its COM
msncement Those who have watched the pro-
ceedine of the police and the people day by day
are driven to the conclusion that either those in
power, the police themselves. harassed by
excessive toll. and worn out by constant duty,
are striving to exesperate the people TO some
course of violence that shall serve excuse
for repressive measures and tho suspension of
the right of public meeting
More than ever, as hour by hour we see vio-
lence, unreason and the exercise of arbitrary
we have cause to remember that 1.-THE
price of liberty is eternal vigilance" The air is
full of dIscontent and danger at the unconstitu-
tional action permitted by the nominees of
Tory government. Events are Fastening to
crisis, but the end is not yet.
ELIZABETH KINGsBURY.
NEW TACTICS IN IRELAND.
Allegation that the Church VIII Cooperate